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Ahmedabad Mirror | Jan 4, 2019, 06.15 AM IST

KITE FESTIVAL

KITE FESTIVAL : Kite fest begins on Sunday
As many as 45 countries, two more than last year, will be participating in the 30th edition of International Kite Festival that begins on January 6. To be held at Sabarmati Riverfront, behind NID, the festival will see a total of 700 participants. These include 105 participants from 19 different states, 145 local kite fl yers and others.

Besides the regular kite fest, this year a new destination has been added for the first time. The international festival will also be held at Statue of Unity (SoU), Kevadia colony on January 8.

The theme pavilion will see different tourism destinations of Gujarat like SoU, pilgrimage places and so on, border tourism and also theme of Ek Bharat, Shreshta Bharat. There will be 50 craft stalls and 20 food stalls in IKF 2019 Ahmedabad.

FLOWER SHOW: Witness 50 live sculptures, 10 vertical gardensVertical gardens will be the highlight of the 8th edition of Ahmedabad fl ower show at riverfront park from January 16 to 22. Along with different varieties of flower beds, there will be more than 50 live sculptures of flowers like Orchid, English rose, Carnation and others.

The structures include that of Vibrant Gujarat globe, sea plane, bullet train, Gandhiji, charkha and other animal and bird flower formations.

The entrance gate of the show will be based on the theme of vertical garden. Around 10 types of vertical gardens will be developed on 10 vertical walls at the flower show. More than 20 varieties of foreign origin cactus and succulents will be displayed along with live demonstration of green house.

Mayor Bijal Patel said, “With increasing number of high-rise buildings, we have decided to give priority to vertical gardens this year.”

Janmitra card holders will have an advantage as they will not have to stand in long queues to purchase tickets or stand in line at the entrance. Machines will be installed for Janmitra card holders to make e-payment.